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diff --git a/doc/info/chap/overview.texinfo b/doc/info/chap/overview.texinfo new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f5d1ff3 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/info/chap/overview.texinfo @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +@node Overview +@chapter Overview + +@command{scrotty} is a simple command for taking a screenshot +of your framebuffers. It can be used to take a screenshot of +your @sc{TTY} session, but it cannot take a screenshot of your +@sc{X} session.@footnote{Unless it is for some reason is +rendered on the framebuffer.} + +@command{scrotty} is designed after @command{scrot}, but +includes a some improvements. Namely it does not support +delaying the screenshot, selecting image quality or creating +thumbnails, but it has support for adding arbitrary arguments +to @command{convert} (from the ImageMagick project), which +is used to save the image. + +@command{scrotty} reads the data stored in the framebuffers, +convert it the @sc{PNM} images and pipes it to @command{convert} +to create @sc{PNG} images. + |